WEBVTT - BTS: AF Theme Remix is THE SONG OF THE SUMMER

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<v Speaker 1>School of Humans. Hello, filth heads, We're doing a very

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<v Speaker 1>special bonus episode coming out on a Friday, because I

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to address something that's very important for the show,

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<v Speaker 1>and that is the theme song. Which the theme song

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<v Speaker 1>is obviously everyone's favorite part of American filth and it's

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<v Speaker 1>perhaps the most remarkable podcast theme that has ever existed,

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<v Speaker 1>and so I wanted to go behind the scenes with

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<v Speaker 1>the composer of the song, Jesse Niswanger.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesse, welcome to the show.

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<v Speaker 3>Hello, how's it going good?

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<v Speaker 1>That's amazing. That's such good news. And I think before

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<v Speaker 1>we get into what Jesse ended up making, let's listen

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<v Speaker 1>to the original demo of what I sent to you

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<v Speaker 1>of what I thought would be an interesting way to

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<v Speaker 1>start the show. Listeners, you're going to be able to

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<v Speaker 1>hear some pretty notable differences between this original version and

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<v Speaker 1>that what Jesse ended up coming up with.

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<v Speaker 2>So here it is.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the original thing that I had sent to Jesse. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>there's a lot going on.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, we got that. The bridge section is interesting.

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<v Speaker 1>It was an interesting choice.

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<v Speaker 3>Uh Yeah, the ding's my favorite part. I just love

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<v Speaker 3>how it's more and more on hinge as it goes along.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I think.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I feel like this is like most of

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<v Speaker 1>my own personal composition. Is it just it gets more

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<v Speaker 1>and more mentally ill throughout the entire song. But yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I just wanted to before you know we I feel

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<v Speaker 1>like everyone's heard the actual official theme of the show,

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<v Speaker 1>but I want you to when you first heard this

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<v Speaker 1>version of the song, what did you think and why

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<v Speaker 1>did you think? We're sort of the essential things to

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<v Speaker 1>update and change to make it up perhaps listenable.

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<v Speaker 2>I think maybe.

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<v Speaker 3>That's the term we use. Well, there's some stuff I

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<v Speaker 3>took out because it just made me laugh, and maybe

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<v Speaker 3>that's not the goal of the song, like the which

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<v Speaker 3>I just loved it, the club siren, the club Siren. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>and it made me want to do things in the

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<v Speaker 3>future like add ridiculous electronics to it or already I

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<v Speaker 3>already thought of a few different versions when I was

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<v Speaker 3>working on this. But yeah, and then because I feel

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<v Speaker 3>like you're kind of doing that a little bit with

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<v Speaker 3>the hip hop drums, but also in a funny, simple beat,

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<v Speaker 3>it was nice, and so I just took those out

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<v Speaker 3>and I took what you had, and I some sad effects.

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<v Speaker 3>I have a fancy air version of So I did that,

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<v Speaker 3>and then I just cleaned up some harmonies, made it

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<v Speaker 3>sound a little better and less ridiculous. But I saw

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<v Speaker 3>the vision in there, and.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, well that's great, that's great collaborations. At least you

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<v Speaker 1>can you can see an impression of the thing that

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<v Speaker 1>it should be at the end of the day. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I do think, Yeah, definitely the penny whistle sound that

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<v Speaker 1>I was using towards the end of it, especially when

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<v Speaker 1>I just basically I think I just made it like

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<v Speaker 1>a third or a fifth, but then I didn't like

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<v Speaker 1>actually assign the right. See, I don't know much about

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<v Speaker 1>music theory because when I was when I used to

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<v Speaker 1>go to band camp. One year I went to band

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<v Speaker 1>camp and they had music theory classes and they were

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<v Speaker 1>they had classes A through E, and E was like

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<v Speaker 1>the lowest, and I got into E. And then the

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<v Speaker 1>next year you would think I would have gotten better,

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<v Speaker 1>but they actually had more people going to the CA

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<v Speaker 1>so they had A through F and then I was

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<v Speaker 1>put in F.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh my god, it got worse instead of going well exactly.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's my theory background. But I do I do

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<v Speaker 1>appreciate that you found a different penny whistle sound.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, I just took what your you know, your

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<v Speaker 3>third or your fifth harmony. And I don't have too

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<v Speaker 3>too much music theory. I just have a good ear.

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<v Speaker 3>So I just like, Okay, what's the next harmony? Okay,

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<v Speaker 3>this is the wrong note. A lot of it is

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<v Speaker 3>just like in the piano role, like moving note to note.

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<v Speaker 1>H Yeah, But I think I also wanted to talk

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<v Speaker 1>to you because I mostly wanted to do this bonus

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<v Speaker 1>episode because you did a remix of the theme and

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<v Speaker 1>I do think it's the song of the summer. I

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<v Speaker 1>think it's giving brats. It's very brat summer. It's also

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<v Speaker 1>giving rat summer, you know. And I think what I

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<v Speaker 1>was trying to do with this one because my face, well,

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<v Speaker 1>I will say the American filth theme song, I think

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<v Speaker 1>it might actually come a second place if we're looking

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<v Speaker 1>at all of TV and podcasting with the White Lotus

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<v Speaker 1>season two theme song, right, I wanted something that was like, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>it was the theme, but it just kept getting crazier

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<v Speaker 1>and crazier, and then you think it's done, but then

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<v Speaker 1>it keeps getting amped up. And so what was your

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<v Speaker 1>sort of inspiration as you were making this remix?

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<v Speaker 3>The biggest I mean, I definitely took what you said

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<v Speaker 3>about the white hose thing to make it bigger and bigger.

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<v Speaker 3>But the biggest thing is the tempo. It's at two

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<v Speaker 3>hundred bpm, and so a lot of like EDM genres

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<v Speaker 3>have a certain tempo, and if I cut that in half,

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<v Speaker 3>like a one hundred, that's more like hip hop. So

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<v Speaker 3>I tried to say what Joan I wanted to do,

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<v Speaker 3>because I like house and techno were way too slow

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<v Speaker 3>for the super fast song, so all I could do

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<v Speaker 3>was drum and bass and ended up working beautifully with

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<v Speaker 3>the rhythm. I think it's really funny, and it's even

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<v Speaker 3>faster than normal drum based it's just ridiculous. And then

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<v Speaker 3>at the end I just did like a power pop,

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<v Speaker 3>like crazy hyper pop techno thing at the end because

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<v Speaker 3>it was so fast and ridiculous. It reminds me of

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know if I thought of this as I

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<v Speaker 3>was making it, but the remix sounds like there's this

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<v Speaker 3>DJ named kid Koala and he did a drum and

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<v Speaker 3>based thing on the show Yo Gabba Gabba. This is

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<v Speaker 3>what that reminds me of. It's like a really hyper

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<v Speaker 3>drum and bass, but also like kind of kiddish and

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<v Speaker 3>kind of Christmas y.

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<v Speaker 1>Randomly, but you always gotta get a little bit of

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<v Speaker 1>Christmas and things. Which that's fun too because when I

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<v Speaker 1>was a college DJ, I was people would just call

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<v Speaker 1>me Yo Gabba gabba, and so then I was what

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<v Speaker 1>was I Y two g.

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<v Speaker 2>DJ name to adapt Yo Gabba gabba.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that's good.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's all full circle, you know what.

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<v Speaker 1>It's almost like the American Filth theme song. It's almost

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<v Speaker 1>like a metaphysical or sort of spiritual song. I think

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<v Speaker 1>it will be played in churches one day.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, which version do you think the original?

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<v Speaker 1>I hope. I don't want to toot my own horn.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want to siren my own club siren, but

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<v Speaker 1>right maybe yeah. And so American Filth listeners, we're going

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<v Speaker 1>to play the song to end this little bonus episode

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<v Speaker 1>and so that you can keep replaying it again again.

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<v Speaker 1>And if any of my listeners are DJs, stop listening

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<v Speaker 1>to the podcast. I don't want DJ fans, But you

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<v Speaker 1>can take this and you can play it at the club.

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<v Speaker 1>So I think that's important. I think American Filth to

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<v Speaker 1>help our promotion so that we can do sort of

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<v Speaker 1>a second season, is we need to get the theme

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<v Speaker 1>song at the club. So if you know a DJ,

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<v Speaker 1>if you know someone at da club, please send them

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<v Speaker 1>the song and we're gonna play it so that you

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<v Speaker 1>can have the song of the Summer. And Jesse, thank

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<v Speaker 1>you so much for coming on to this bonus episode

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<v Speaker 1>of American Filth and explaining your process, because this theme

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<v Speaker 1>song is obviously one of the most important pieces of

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<v Speaker 1>recorded music in the twenty first century. Thanks for having me,

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<v Speaker 1>all right, and here's the remix.

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<v Speaker 2>I have a good Friday.

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<v Speaker 1>School of Humans.